Archaeological survey and ethnoarchaeology at Lalima Village: a study about hitorical trajectories from regional indigenous occupation

Author(s)

Eduardo Bespalez

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE)
• Defense date: 2009-03-17

Examining board members

Fabiola Andrea Silva; Gilson Rodolfo Martins; Eduardo Goes Neves

• Advisor: Fabiola Andrea Silva

Abstract

This account shows the results obtained with the archaeological survey developed in Lalima Indigenous Land, a Terena Indians village situated at Miranda city, Pantanal from Mato Grosso do Sul. The survey was developed with the aim to contribute with the Cultural History from regional indigenous occupation, since pre-historic times until the present. The archaeological, historical and ethnographical researches indicate that the region must be understood like a cultural mosaic area, shaped by distinct inhabitants, originary from adjacencies areas, since before of European coming and the colonialism beginning. The results support that Lalima Village can be agreed like a palimpsest from regional Indigenous History, because the archaeological sites detected are shaped by material correlates concerning to Guarani, Tradição Pantanal and ethnographical occupation trajectories. (AU)